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South Medomsley Colliery
Annie Pit
Strata sunk through in the Annie Pit, South Medomsley Colliery (13 feet diameter), 1864
Shaft Details
Shaft diameter: 13' 0", Sunk: 1864, Closed: Jul 1980
Approximate surface level 810 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
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fathoms, feet & inches, or metres
 
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
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Depth |
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ft. |
in. |
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ft. |
in. |
| Outset |
21 |
0 |
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21 |
0 |
| Soil |
0 |
9 |
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21 |
9 |
| Marl |
8 |
4 |
|
30 |
1 |
| Brown post |
6 |
6 |
|
36 |
7 |
| Blue metal |
11 |
5 |
|
48 |
0 |
| Hard post, with whin and water |
9 |
4 |
|
57 |
4 |
| Grey metal |
9 |
8 |
|
67 |
0 |
| Hard post, with whin and water |
9 |
2 |
|
76 |
2 |
| Blue metal, with iron girdles |
13 |
0 |
|
89 |
2 |
| COAL - Five-Quarter Seam |
6 |
10 |
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96 |
0 |
| COAL, top, foul |
0 |
9 |
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| COAL, good |
3 |
5 |
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| Splint |
2 |
1 |
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| COAL, coarse foul |
0 |
7 |
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| Blue metal |
3 |
5 |
|
99 |
5 |
| COAL - Brass Thill Seam |
5 |
3 |
|
104 |
8 |
| COAL, good |
5 |
3 |
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| Strong post thill |
3 |
6 |
|
108 |
2 |
| Grey metal and post girdles |
15 |
0 |
|
123 |
2 |
| Hard post, mixed with whin |
3 |
0 |
|
126 |
2 |
| Grey post, with much water |
10 |
0 |
|
136 |
2 |
| Grey metal and post girdles |
45 |
0 |
|
181 |
2 |
| Black metal |
11 |
0 |
|
192 |
2 |
| White post |
78 |
0 |
|
270 |
2 |
| COAL - Hutton Seam |
6 |
6 |
|
276 |
8 |
| Soft seggar clay |
12 |
0 |
|
288 |
8 |
| COAL |
1 |
10 |
|
290 |
6 |
| Seggar |
2 |
0 |
|
292 |
6 |
| Blue metal |
3 |
0 |
|
295 |
6 |
| Grey metal (bed for tubbing) |
24 |
0 |
|
319 |
6 |
| COAL - Main Coal Seam |
4 |
7 |
|
324 |
1 |
| COAL, top |
3 |
2 |
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| Band |
0 |
3 |
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| COAL, bottom |
1 |
2 |
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| Sunk further in 1869 to the Busty Seam:— |
0 |
0 |
|
324 |
1 |
| Seggar |
15 |
0 |
|
339 |
1 |
| Grey metal and post |
15 |
0 |
|
354 |
1 |
| COAL |
0 |
8 |
|
354 |
9 |
| Seggar |
2 |
0 |
|
356 |
9 |
| Post |
10 |
0 |
|
366 |
9 |
| Grey metal |
10 |
0 |
|
376 |
9 |
| COAL |
0 |
5 |
|
377 |
2 |
| Blue metal |
6 |
0 |
|
383 |
2 |
| Post |
21 |
0 |
|
404 |
2 |
| Blue metal, with post partings |
35 |
0 |
|
439 |
2 |
| Post, with metal partings |
12 |
0 |
|
451 |
2 |
| COAL - Harvey Seam |
1 |
10 |
|
453 |
0 |
| Seggar |
4 |
0 |
|
457 |
0 |
| Blue metal |
20 |
0 |
|
477 |
0 |
| Post, with metal partings |
31 |
0 |
|
508 |
0 |
| COAL |
1 |
10 |
|
509 |
10 |
| Seggar and metal |
11 |
0 |
|
520 |
10 |
| COAL - Top Busty Seam |
2 |
0 |
|
522 |
10 |
| Blue and grey metal |
19 |
0 |
|
541 |
10 |
| COAL - Lower Busty Seam |
6 |
10 |
|
548 |
8 |
| COAL, top |
2 |
0 |
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| Fire clay |
1 |
8 |
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| COAL, bottom |
3 |
2 |
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| Seggar, with iron balls |
6 |
0 |
|
554 |
8 |
| Grey metal, mixed with post |
12 |
0 |
|
566 |
8 |
| Hard post |
21 |
0 |
|
587 |
8 |
| Grey metal |
6 |
0 |
|
593 |
8 |
| COAL - Three-Quarter Seam |
3 |
0 |
|
596 |
8 |
| COAL, good |
1 |
8 |
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| Stone band |
0 |
8 |
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| COAL, good |
0 |
8 |
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| Black metal |
2 |
0 |
|
598 |
8 |
| Blue metal |
6 |
0 |
|
604 |
8 |
| Post |
4 |
0 |
|
608 |
8 |
| Grey metal |
18 |
0 |
|
626 |
8 |
| COAL - Supposed Brockwell Seam |
2 |
4 |
|
629 |
0 |
| COAL, good |
2 |
0 |
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| Splint |
0 |
4 |
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Source: An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Volume S-T, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1894
 original entry for sinking/boring number 1831 in "An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Volume S-T, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1894"
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